Category: Homeschooling High School

Trusting for Our Teens

We all hope our children will grow up listening to our wisdom and never make any mistakes. I have two children, one who did listen and one who did not.

6 Crucial Tips You Must Know To Succeed As A Homeschooling Mom

Homeschooling is a home-based schooling trend. Parents have different reasons to educate students at home. For moms who fear the safety of their children, this is the best way to educate and train their kids under their surveillance. On the other hand, there are also mothers who pursue this education method for religious or ethnic […]

Eliminate Pain with Online Writing Tools

By Nikolas Baron It’s smart. It’s fast. It’s always there for you when you need it. It’s the internet! The internet is the great equalizer when it comes to writing on an academic level. Even teens that do not have a genius IQ level or a college English professor for a parent can produce top-notch […]

How to Work Physical Fitness Into Your Homeschooling Program

By Ken Myers Physical education has suffered drastically in the past few years, with schools cutting PE classes from their programs despite the growing childhood obesity epidemic. So it should come as no surprise that homeschooling faces the same problem as public schooling: how do we get our children motivated to move more during the […]

Criteria to Look for in Homeschooling Services

By Martha Buckley As the American educational system continues to lose ground on the world stage, more and more parents are teaching their kids at home. Although morality and religion sometimes play a part in home-based academic instruction, there are also real and measurable scholastic advantages. Fact: SAT scores fell to their lowest level since […]

Steps on Writing an Essay

By Sandra Miller A lot of people would rather avoid writing an essay just the same way as a lot of other people avoid mathematics. Mathematics and essay writing do have two things in common. First is that, they are both hard to learn and second is, they are unavoidable. Wherever you may go and […]

How to Tell if Your Child is Being Bullied

By Jennifer Making sure your child maintains a healthy social life outside of a homeschooling environment is an important part of their development. For a lot of kids, school is where friendships are forged and they learn crucial social skills with their peers. For children that are homeschooled, activities, clubs, and hobbies are all fantastic […]

Essential Parenting Tips for Teenagers

by Sophie One area which most parents have great difficulty in is the bringing up of teens. When the children are young it is easy to control them by giving them presents and occasional disciplining. When they attain the teenage years, controlling then becomes difficult. This is mainly because of the issue of adolescence which […]

5 Homeschooling Tips for Parents of Teens

By Claudia With homeschool training, you can help your child in many ways. You provide them the option of modifying their educational requirements. For example, online and practical trainings provide opportunities to become acquainted with a desired degree program. There is a huge amount of information available for parents who homeschool their kids. But when […]

Causes of and Tips for Teen Depression

Editor’s Note: It’s not unusual for young people to get “down in the dumps” or experience “the blues” occasionally. Most of the time when teens encounter challenging situations, they can lean on friends and family members for help. Sometimes, however, their problems become too complicated or overwhelming and they may need the guidance of a […]

What Has Algebra to Do with Life?

By Sarah Del Rosario Math teachers and parents alike hear the same question from their students and children. They want to know why they need algebra. After all, it does not appear to them that they will use these complex equations and odd symbols anywhere in life. Modern educational theory stresses the importance of taking […]

Why Do 80% of Youth Leave Church After High School?

Kirk Cameron (Monumental, Fireproof, etc.) and bestselling author Ray Comfort have just released a new YOUTH evangelism training program, called “ROOTS“! With homeschool quizzes and discussion guides, this six-session, video-driven course is perfect for homeschoolers and family devotions. It’s recommended by Sean McDowell, K.P. Yohannan, Joni Eareckson Tada, and others. In the special guest post below, […]

The Importance of Extra-Curricular Activities for Home-Schooled Teens

by Maggie It’s easy enough to gain knowledge and learn academic skills as a home schooled teen. What you may lack, however, is the opportunities to gain social skills and general life skills. This is where your extra-curricular activities come in – they can give you the chance to meet with other teens, home-schooled or […]

Easing the Transition from Home-Classrooms to College Lecture Halls

By Barbara Jolie Transitioning from high school to college can be a daunting experience for anyone, but it can be exceptionally difficult for some home schoolers. Studies show that academically home school children have nothing to worry about since their independent style of learning and studying comes in handy in college. However, since some don’t […]

Access to International Examinations for High Schoolers

By Samantha Eddis, PhD Home schoolers are not a monolithic group. Instead, they are as varied in their perspectives, pedagogies, and educational desires as the families they represent. I know this, as I have mixed with plenty of home schoolers while home educating my four children over the last twelve years. However, for the purpose […]

Teach Your Son to Have Dirty Fingers (Sometimes)

By Ronald E. Johnson, C.Ph.D. Earning a college degree is admirable, but it is sometimes elusive for families who live on limited financial resources. Moreover, a college degree in hand does not guarantee landing a plum job with a high salary and ideal working conditions. By September, the large majority of university graduates in the […]

Answers… for Teens

Homeschooling High School Teens have big life questions and demand solid answers. But as any Christian teen knows, we live in a skeptical society. Peers, teachers, and the world in general will tell you that Christianity is old-fashioned and out of touch with today’s culture. Even worse, false claims and erroneous conclusions about the Bible are […]